Site Management

There
are widespread concerns about the conservation and interpretation of
archaeological sites, including preservation in-situ, intellectual access to
archaeological knowledge, and the display of excavated sites; against a
background of rising cultural tourism, pollution, climate change and settlement
expansion; and cognisant of issues of sustainable development and the
involvement of local communities in decision-making. Reactive intervention is
not sufficient to balance the long-term preservation of resources with the
contemporary needs of users, and holistic approaches to site management are
currently being theorised, problematicised and explored worldwide, across a
wide range of site types, and in disparate social, economical and cultural
environments. Tim Williams is currently Editor for the international journal Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites.